Apparatus for washing and cleansing.



L. M. SCHNEIDER. APPARATUS FOR WASHING AND CLEANSING: APPLICATION FILED JULY 5,1917.

Patented Apr. .8, 1919.

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APPARATUS FOR WASHING AND CLEANSING. APPLICATION FILED JULY 5. 1917.

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LAURA SC EIDER, on NEW YORK, 1\T Y.,

APPARATUS FOR WASHING AND CLEANSING. V

To all whom it may concern .Be it known that I, LAURA a The objects of my invention or inventions,

hereindisclosed areto prov de anew and improved method of washing and cleansing and apparatus for carrying such new and improved method into effect; which method and apparatus, may be used for washing and cleansing clothing and various otherarticles; such as fabrics (or even the person), which apparatus is of simple, cheap and eflicient form of construction, and of long life.

My said improved method of washing and cleansing comprises broadly; submitting the objects to be cleansed to a shower-bath of water under pressure; carrying with it dirt dissolving and cleansing material, such as soap, dissolvable soap powders, or even suittion, a-portionthereof being shown in cenable saponaceousor other liquid cleansing,

chemicals, preferably taken up and held in solution; and one form of apparatus (also of my{ invention) for carrying my said -cleansing method intoefi'ect, which I have found highly eflicient therefor, is hereinafter shown, described, and claimed inthe following specification, of whichthe accompanying drawings form a part, wherein similar letters or numerals of reference designate like or equivalent parts, wherever found.

Figure 1 is aside view of my improved washing andcleansing apparatus in elevatral vertical section; g

Fig.2 is a top plan view thereof taken in horizontal section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1, the-cleanser receptacle being in the operative position; I I a i e Fig. 3 is a side view of a portionof the construction shown in Figsjl and 2,]looking in the directiontof thearrow of Fig. 2, the cleanser-receptacle supporting-rod broken off being shown pivotally swung a quad- "rod or bar being shown in full lines in in- Specification of Letters Patent.

operative, and infdotted lines in working andsupporting operative position; I V H Flg. .4 ma side view in detail of aportion of the apparatus, taken in central vertical SQ0131OI1;015.F1g. 1, looking from the front of Fig, 1;

.Fig. 5 is a sideview of one half of a modified form of adjustable and removable sup- Patented Apr. 8, 1919. Application filed luly 5, 1917. Serial No. 178,576. 7

port-bracket for the supporting-bars, with i such bars in-position therein; inposition on the support-bar or rod;

Fig. 6 is a top plan view of such two-part support-bracket in positionon such vertical support-rod or bar; and

Fig.f7'is a view similar to Fig. 1, of'a I slightly modified form of construction of the apparatus, from that shown in the preceding figures.

Referring to the drawings: The reference letter A, designates the deliveringwater-head of my improvedwashing and cleansing-apparatus; which is usually in the form of a sprinkler-rose of the ordinary shower-bath form shown; B is the cleanser-holding receptacle and supporting means; C is the: support for supporting the artlcles to be cleansed in position beneath the cleanser-receptacle, the latter being located when in working position betweenv such support and delivery water-head; and D 1s the combined supporting and water-feed pipe. The outer delivery end of such feedpipe D, extends downward, and secured to its lowenend, usually by a screw-thread 11, is the thimble 12, having the annular outer peripheral supporting-fiange'lZB, and the female-screw-thread 1 1, to receive the inletpipe 15 of the water-head A, suchinlet-pipe,

water-head, securing-nuthl'l', and the plurality of water-delivery nozzles 17', being usually and preferably integrally cast (or otherwise formed) of one piece of metal.

.Mounted upon and supported by thefiange '13 of the thimble 12, Fig. 4, is the annular supporting-ring 18, in one side of which is secured in. a suitable orifice, the end of the upper horizontal portion 19 of the. L-shaped hollow supporting pipe E, the lower vertical portion 19 of which has firmly secured thereto by soldering, brazing, .or in any otherodesired manner, at its lower end, the securing-base-ring 20, having formed integral therewith or secured thereto in any de-' sired manner the upward hollow cylindrical sired'fone or vmore two-part brackets maybe extension 120, through-which passes the se curing wing-screw 37 which. adj ustably seal 7 cures the vertical and bracket supporting rod 21 therein; and to the lowerend of 2l is secured in any desired manner, usually by being brazed or soldered thereto, thegoodssupport-bracket 22; which in the form o-f device especially designed and adapted for supvporting clothing, or-other flexible fabrics in 'depending position beneath the" delivery water-head, wheiirigidlyjsecured to the rod 21,'is of the one-part shown in Figs. 1, 2, and

3; (which when 'desire'd 'to 'be adjustable on the rod '21, is usually of the two-part split form shown in Fig. 6, which parts are secured together by securing-screws 4:2; as clearly indicated in Fig. 6), but a single;- part-bracket may be provided with afsetscrew 50 (as shown-indotted lines in Fig.

3), to make the same adjustable, and if deinterposed between the support and cleanser-receptacle B, when desired, and

quickly removed and replaced without dis-' 'turbance of the rigidly secured bracket 22.

As show-n herein such goods-support is substantially of the form'well known insu'pports for towels, clothing, etc., in'which the supports are in the form of adjustable rods or bars F and F of L-shaped fornnslidably supported in'suitable perforations in the 'sup- 7 portingrbracket 22, and providedat'the ends" with securing enlargements (usually of? spheroidal or ballform) ofgr'eaterd iarneter than the main-body portions of such sup porting-bars, so as to be quickly shifted from the horizontal working and supporting'posrtion (dottedlinesiof Fig. 3;), to the vertical and non-working position (full lines), in

the supportfbracket 22 without complete reo moval therefrom. The longer rods indicated byr, usually pass through the rear holes23,

and the smaller diameteredand shorter rods 1 F, through similar holes 24, struck from centers located on segments of concentric circles, all as clearly indicated in FigsAQ andi6.

-And usually and preferably such support bracket 22 is provided with an upwardly"extending segmental outer peripheral flange 22, having radial securinges'lots '23, (Fig. '6)

. in which the main body portions of suchrods 7 designed for containing soap, saponaceous Yorbars Fand F" Will rest when in the tori 24;, and alike shaped cover-portion 25,

formed of woven wire-netting of small mesh a yoke-head 29 formed integral therewith,

'grees, so that the receptacle B', W l

and'when so thrown up t on shown in'liig, 3111 swaged into form; ,strengthened-atthe abutting edges "the rectangular ivires 26'; such wires being permanently hinged to 'getherat oneend byQahinge'Q'Z, and secured L l "at the mherty a releasable catch 28 so that '70 Secured to such 'receptaclejB so as, to .hor'izontally" support the same in position b"e= neath the deliveryw'ater-head A, (usually by soldered or otherwise secured to the" recepf." ta'cle "or 'the bottom edge-wire QG 'thereG-f, (Figsl' and: 2) is a receptacle-supportingrod 30, having a'securing-head 30, pivotally secured in the securing-slot 131, ofxthe splitsecuring-ring or collar- 32; by means =oflithe" combined securing-screwpivotf bolt 33g g having the winged thumehead 34,:iorboth-r h vertical and horizontal adjustm "of such split-ring on the extension 20;" l offlange 35 and: head 30" of;the rod iaflfialid screws into the flange-35' .The securing-head 30 is pr idedr with 97 the square ended stop lug' 88, wh Jqyebut ment against the "extension 20 1615 20, "stops 1 the downward movementiof the rod 30, when it is thrown to the 'ho ri'zon'tal (Fig. 21 ;wh;i1e; still permittingof free upward 1'pivotal shown in Fig. 3, whenpivotally swung in eltherdlrectl'on through an 'arc ofni ety de:

from between the water-head and up ers;

into the'vertieal f I abe hield-i upright and' non-Working o clasping' t h BWb t e h e nt-3 sprlng retainingholdingends 9 offthe se ii curing spring-clamp E V held I pla'ee at the top of the essence er 20-; being preferably soldered r o r btherw i sefi" secured theretoatAODf-Fig. 1; l

In the modified form (of s esaw shown in Fig-7, the feed-pipe D, j i's'a dow etc supp rt ro-ae wholly omitted, the water being eliivered through 19 and 1-9 an'd in'thisjc struc wardlycurved end portionof them- 1919-, and the bran securedto the "pipe 19;(asindicated at but these two forms are-rarely usedatohceifi andthe figure being but diagrammatia l w have not deemed it essential to showithe V cleanser-receptacle and its connectionsi n positiontherein, as the construction fandg operatlon thereof 18 {precisely the same a'sfi'n the other prior figures fsave for fthe minor and unimportant details "set forth; 1

f collari 20, which screw-bolt 33', passes through the swlnging movement thereof into the position I Ice-moved 7 7 tion, the bracket support G in'aybe secured i H In'ope'rating the devlce, "the clothing, Zeta, g V to be washed and cleansed is draped' over 1 the rods Fand F of thesupport C, and the cleanser receptacle B, having "been1fil1ed '0 Y the water-path atoneroper e s' r the water-head A andsupport C, and the water. turnedon', and "allowed to flow until the goods are thoroughly" cleansed; when the cleanser receptacle is swung out ofthe water-path through an arc 1 of ninety degrees, and vertically upward the same distance and locked therein by insertion between" the "resilient spring securing ends 39 Fig. 3; the rod 30 being broken off and alone shown in such non-working yertical position. The water then continuing to flow from the head A, the goods are thoroughly rinsed by such flow, until the cleanser has been eliminated therefrom; when the cleansed batch of goods is removed; and

7 tion is repeated indefinitely.

an uncleansed batch substituted; the cleanser receptacle thrown down and horizontally swung'into the water-path; and this operalVhen goods other than fabrics are to be washed and cleansed, by my improved method herein disclosed, other suitable forms of support therefor may be used; and the form and construction of the water-head, and of the cleanser-receptacle, as well as of the other parts; or the manner of combining the several parts making up the entire apparatus may any or all be changed to suit the exigencies required by the particular class of goods to be treated; andI do not intend to limit myself to all the particular steps, nor to the particular sequence thereof; nor to the particular construction, combination and arrangement of the several parts of my improved washing and cleansing apparatus, herein shown, and described, as many modifications thereof may be made therein, without departing from the spirit of my invention or exceeding the scope of the claims.

I claim:

1. A washin and cleansing device comprising a fiui sprinkler, means for supporting the sprinkler, means for supplying fluid to the sprinkler, goods-supporting means located below the sprinkler and in the discharge path thereof, and a perforated cleanser receptacle located intermediate of the sprinkler and the goodssupporting means and movable horizontally and radially in and out of the discharge path of the sprinkler.

2. A washing and cleansing device comprising a fluid sprinklersupported in a horizontal position, means for supplying fluid to the sprinkler, goods-supporting means located in the discharge path of the sprinkler, and a perforated cleanser receptacle located intermediate of the sprinkler and the goods-supporting means and movable in and out of the discharge path of the sprinkler and movable upwardly when out of said discharge path, r

3. i A washing and cleansing device comprising a fluidsprinkler'supported in ahorizontaliposition, means forsupplying fluid kler, a perforated cleanser receptaclelocated intermediate of the sprinkler and the" goods supporting means and movableyin and out of the discharge path of the sprinkler and movable upwardly" when outer said dis of the clamp E, as clearly indicated in charge path, and means for detachably retaining the cleanser receptacle in an upward position.

4. In a device of the character described, a delivery water-head; a goods support located in the water path below the waterhead; a receptacle through which the water will pass on its way from the water-head to the goods, adapted to hold cleansing material adapted to be dissolved into solution and carried along with the water to the goods; and a horizontally movable receptacle-support permitting of the swinging of the receptacle into and out of the waterpath between the water-head and goods support.

5. In a device of the character described, a delivery water-head; a goods-support located in the water-path below the water'- head; a receptacle through which the water will pass on its way from the water-head to the goods, adapted to hold cleansing material adapted to be dissolved into solution and carried along with the water to the goods; and a horizontally movable receptaole-support permitting of the swinging of the receptacle into and out of the waterabove the goods support; a vertical standard between the water-head and goods-support; a foraminous walled receptacle for holding cleansing material dissolvable in the water; a receptacle supporting-sleeve vertically and horizontally adjustable upon the standard between the water-head and goodssupport; and a vertically swingingsupport ing rod connecting the supporting-sleeve with the receptacle.

7. In a device of the character described, I

a support for the goods to be treated by the falling water; a spray water-head located above the goods support; a vertical standard between the water-head and goods support; foraminous walled receptacle for holding cleansing material dissolvable in the water; a receptacle supporting-sleeve vertically and horizontally adjustable upon the standard between the water-head and goodsslipport; 'a vertically swinging supporting T061 connecting the supportifigfileeve with the -lecgptacl e; an'd JHIQZLDS 'fbr locking the. supportingrod il'lp'VQifiiQfi-l position;

8. In a deVicebfihecharacter de'scri head. 7 bed; 7 a "stand-gird; a- Water-head supported by thestafidapddgliyering ater gravitationally to f one side of 'the axial line of the standard;

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